Vern Hickey
# Vern Hickey

Vernard Benton Hickey (November 11, 1900 – July 15, 1987) was an American football, baseball, and golf coach, college athletics administrator, and local politician. He served as the head football coach at the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture—now known as the University of California, Davis (UC Davis)—from 1947 to 1948, compiling a record of 24–42–8. Hickey was the head baseball coach at the school, serving from 1938 to 1948 and tallying a mark of 49–87–1. He also coached golf at UC Davis. Hickey succeeded Crip Toomey unofficially as the athletic director at UC Davis following Toomey's death in the June 1961 and was officially appointed to the position in September 1963. Hickey also served as the mayor of Davis, California.

## Head coaching record

### College football

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Cal Aggies (Far Western Conference) (1937–1948) ||||||
| 1937 | Cal Aggies | 4–4 | 2–2 | 3rd |
| 1938 | Cal Aggies | 2–6–1 | 0–2–1 | T–4th |
| 1939 | Cal Aggies | 4–4 | 0–3 | 5th |
| 1940 | Cal Aggies | 4–4–1 | 2–1 | 2nd |
| 1941 | Cal Aggies | 2–2–4 | 2–1 | 2nd |
| 1942 | Cal Aggies | 1–6 | 0–2 | 3rd |
| 1943 | No team—World War II | | | |
| 1944 | No team—World War II | | | |
| 1945 | No team—World War II | | | |
| 1946 | Cal Aggies | 0–5–2 | 0–1–1 | 3rd |
| 1947 | Cal Aggies | 4–5 | 3–1 | T–1st |
| 1948 | Cal Aggies | 2–6 | 1–3 | T–4th |
| Cal Aggies: | Cal Aggies: | 23–42–8 | 10–16–2 | |
| Total: | Total: | 23–42–8 | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
